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<p class="title"><b>Project Backup</b></p>
<p class="text">This tool is used to backup project files. Please save all files before using it. It can compress the files in the list to a ZIP file and save it. Other format can be supported by using External Compressor. The window is as below:</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Add Files</b>: Add files to the list.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Add All Opened Files</b>: Add all opened files in IDE to the list.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Add From Directory</b>: Add files in a directory to the list, including sub-directories.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Remove Files</b>: Remove selected file items in the list.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Compress and Save</b>: Popup Compress and Save Settings dialog to set compression options and save destination file.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Help</b>: Show this information.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Exit</b>: Close this window.</p>
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<p class="title">Compress and Save Settings</p>
<p class="text">Compress and Save Settings dialog is as below:</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Save to</b>: Enter the destination file, or select it using save file dialog through clicking the right button. Here only ZIP supported. Other format can be supported by using External Compressor, whose settings is in next page.</li></p>
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    <p class="text"><b>File Timestamp Format</b>: You can select a date and time format to generate the timestamp part in the destination file name.</li></p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Include Project Version</b>: If it was checked, destination file name will contain the version number of project.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Remove Path Info</b>: If it was checked, path information of files will be ignored. All files will be zipped to the same level. If there were files with the same name, only the last file will be zipped.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Use Password</b>: If it was checked, you can enter password in the text box for the destination file.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Remember Password</b>: If it was checked, password will be remembered to avoid enter it again next time.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Show Password</b>: If it was checked, password will be shown as plain text, not "*".</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Comments</b>: You can specify the comments of the zip file. Note: N/A for External Compressor.</p>
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<div align="center"><img src="projbackupsave1.png">
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  <li><p class="text"><b>Use External Compressor</b>: Use External Compressor (command line) to replace internal ZIP compressor to support other formats.</li>
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    <p class="text"><b>Executable</b>: Browse and select an external compression EXE file.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Predefined Command</b>: Here list some predefined common external compressor command format, such as  RAR/ZIP/7-ZIP.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Command Format</b>: The whole command format used for the external compression. &lt;compress.exe&gt; means the executable. &lt;Password&gt; is the password specified before. &lt;BackupFile&gt; means the destination saved file.&lt;@ListFile&gt; is a text list file in temporary directory, generated by this tool, containing all file names list. All &lt;variables&gt; will be replaced to actual values when command running.</p>
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  <li><p class="text"><b>Execute Command After Backup</b>:Run an external executable file after backup to complete some customized requirment such as email notification.</li>
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    <p class="text"><b>Executable</b>: Browse and select an external EXE file.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Predefined Command</b>: Here list some predefined format, including no parameters or destination file as the parameter.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Command Format</b>: The whole command format used for the external executable. &lt;externfile.exe&gt; means the external executable file. &lt;BackupFile&gt; means the destination saved file. All &lt;variables&gt; will be replaced to actual values when command running.</p>
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    <p class="text"><b>Save</b>: Compress and save the file to the destination.</p>
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  <li><b>Cancel</b>: Close this window.</li>
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    <p class="text"><b>Help</b>: Show this information.</p>
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